The Dharma Rain Zen Center, a Soto Zen Buddhist organization running out of space in Southeast Portland, is looking to build a new facility on 13 acres of Siskiyou Square, a 27-acre former landfill site at Northeast 82nd Avenue and Siskiyou Street.

Mike Hashem, owner of the 26-acre site that for years has been eyed for development, says he can't afford the $200,000 the Department of Environmental Quality wants him to spend on gas monitoring and extraction. A town hall is set for Aug. 19.